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el_gallo_azul
Asked: 2015-12-01 14:58:26 +0800 CST

How come my desktop computer is still on kernel 3.13.0-63-generic, when current version is 3.13.0-70?

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It used to update nicely, until 63.

I have other computers on Lubuntu and Xubuntu, and they are both still updating correctly.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can try updating the kernels that have been downloaded then update your grub file.

    When I checked the apt-cache for the kernel, it returned the following:

    apt-cache policy linux-headers-3.13.0-70-generic
linux-headers-3.13.0-70-generic:
  Installed: 3.13.0-70.113
  Candidate: 3.13.0-70.113
  Version table:
 *** 3.13.0-70.113 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

    from what I can see the kernel files come from trusty-updates main and trusty-security main.

    Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and make sure that the following lines are not commented # out or make sure that they exist:

    deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main restricted

    Run the following to make sure the newest kernel is downloaded:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

    Also from our conversation, install the generic kernel:

    sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-trusty

    If it installs the kernel correctly, there would be no reason to go any further than here.

    To update the current installed kernels, from a terminal prompt type in:

    sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

    You should see something like:

    update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-33-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-70-generic

    Then type in the following to update grub:

    sudo update-grub

    If the kernel was installed correctly, you should see something similar to the following:

    Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-33-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-33-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-70-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-70-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 10 (loader) on /dev/sdd1
done

    Once you have seen

    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-70-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-70-generic

    reboot your system so it will boot to the 3.13.0-70-generic kernel.

    Hope this helps!

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